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moments, and the writer stepped aside To
see some Federal surgeons dressing the
wounds Of young Confederate soldier
He was stout bult young fellow, but was
pale and seemed exhausted from loss OF
blood. He was suffering from large flesh
wound in the calf of the leg.
The regiment was ordered to make some
coffee and have dinner and then move to
the front. This done, the knapsacks were
piled up and left in care of guard, and
then the command turned to tho left OF the
main road, passed forward through corn
fields, and mt last halted n little way from
tho top OF, and partly down hll, IN u field
OF growing corn.
At this time the firing on this part of The
field was desultory, bullets were whistling
past all the while, but no volleys were
fired Two hundred yards in front of tho
regiment was branch and beyond was u
cane brake and thick timber. The regi-
ment was resting quietly facing the cane
brake, when all at once without warning,
a vollcy OF bullets struck the ground all
about them, hut strange TO say only one
man was wounded, and he in the hand but
slightly.
Although the vollcy did so little execu-
ton the men were much excited and want
cd to fire In return, but this was forbidden
by the officers
At this juncture some one from the top
OF the hill cried out: shell the Woods, J"
and in less time than it takes to tell 1t tho
brigade battery was brought 10 the top OF
the hill and was soon throwing grape and
canister over the heads of the regiment
into tho dense timber beyond.
As soon as the battery ceased firing the
wounded man was turned over TO the
writer who was conducting him to place
Of safety where he could be cared for and
made comfortable. Proceeding upon this
GRAND the top Of the hill was reached
when the general officers were seen riding
by. One of these was General Grant an
other was General McClernand In CON-
mand OF the Thirteenth Corps, the third
was at the xme lower in command but
was an officer OF distncticn and has since
been q very prominent public man.
As soon a. these officers reached the rear
OF the battery, General raised up in his
stirrups and In a very loud voice askei:
who In - ordered that battery TO fire!
Ny division is right over there N that tim
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SECTION IX.-FIRST BATTLE BEFORE
NICkS BURG.


While the fleet of gun-boats under Com
modore Porter at Grand Gulf below Vicks-
burg engaged the enemy and McClernand's
corps was seeking landing nearby, upon
che same date, April 90, 1863 Sherman de-
harked ten regiments above Nicksburg on
the Yazoo river at Hanes' Bluff IA If to at
tack the latter place while ut the same
time it was bombarded by eight gun
boats
The whole demonstration at Hanes'
Bluff was only a feint intended to confuse
Tue enemy and divert his attention from
Che real point Of attack at Grand Gulf
The Thirteenth corps effected IA landing
st B:unsburg, Miss, April 30, and early
on the morning Of May | met most OF
Grand Gulf garrison (Confederatc) under
General Bowen, seven miles inland from
Bruinsburg and within five miles OF Port
Gibson, the most important town in that
vicinity and located on Bayou Pierre. The
Federals were upon the southern side Of
th stream. To reach them the Grand
Gulf garrison had to cross the bayou and
rs Il was at the time high. they were
obliged to go 70 the only bridge In the vi
entity, the one a. Port q bison, but much
OFT of their way.
II had been the hope OF the Federals TO
secure possession Of this bridge before tho
arrival Of the Confederatss; and 1t was tho
hope OF the latter TO meet the invading col
umn At. or very near the landing place.
Bruinsburg.
But neither side had It's wish gratiaed;
She Confederates reached the bridge 1T
Port Gibson. crossed upon ii, aud pushed
ave miles beyond toward the river. when
their further course was interrupted by
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Golden Days tells, for fact, the story Of a
boy at Mnnistilue, Mich, who, knowing that
h. would he whipped at school that day, put
on three pairs OF trousers by way Of armor.
Tho teacher whipped him with ferule in the
palm OF the imnd.
The above is also authority for tho follow
ng:
"Did you have all your lessons at school to-
day, little boyP
"Ycs. sir, an more, too"
"MOre than all your lcssonsT
ayes, SRA lickin'l'
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Assembled 10 II : throne on high
Risen from the oiaycy portal
For, though God, yet He was MORTAL
and all mortality must die,
We royal banquet make
Al who viii may free par,ake-
There's food for all and more;
Sum tuous the soul repast
These Easter memories shall last
With other joys in store.
lilies and roses, violcts br ng.
And fragrant flowers OF Joyous spring.
Fair embleus Of an Heavenly birth;
Sweet buds the altar deck IN showers,
While round It llue.L glad hearts Of yurs
JOIN IN the vocal mirth.
And then, amid the blaze Of glory
Our souls repeat the old, old story,
Dear 10 each age ana cline,
or the meek and lowly Saviour,
Through whose iaterceJiag favor
We hope for grace Divine.
LUTHER q. EiGGA
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Tire. Riddle. for Diversion.

Timothy went on n journey accompanied
BY Timothy's dog. Tmothy's dog walked
neither before him nor after him, nor ON one
side of him Then where did Timothy, dog
Ealki
Answer: On the other side of him
Why is the letter n like one Of the very
worst Of the wicked Roman emperors' DO
you give IL upi Well, like the one who
iddIrd while Rome was burning,
Answer: Because it il near o tNereD.
What table has not "A leg to stand ont
Answer: The multiplication table.
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the Colonel of the 23l Iowa-if the writer's
memory serves him well-receivei mortal
wound. He was lying on his back uncon-
cious and deadly pale, and upon his brow
was the clammy sweat of death. Towards
night stop was made, and the writer with
his comrades slept near the front gate Of q
farm house; near by lay the dead body of a
Confederate soldier who fell in skrmish
sarller In the day. His body lay there all
night Next morning the march was again
resumed. The whole line Of the route, par
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Good Might.

Good night, pretty Sun. good night
I've Watched your purple and golden light
While you are sinking away
And some one has just been telling mo
You're making, over the shining sea,
Another beautiful day,
That, just at the time am going 10 sleep,
The children there are taking n peep
At your FACET rCinnin; TO say.
'Good morning. just whom say good night
Now, beautiful sun, II they We told me rislt,
wish you d say good morning for Va"
10 ali the Little ones over tho SEA.
III NirlDlni
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IN CAMP And FIELD.
A Medical Mans Memory Of
Wartime.
BY Q. b JOHNSON.

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A wONDFRFuL MONOGRAM.

In order to he perfectly fair you are
shown below the monogram table OF let
ters, which give IN outline Of every one as
II is to be found m the surprising group
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15
Partisan Judges.

The New York Tribune, Boosting OF
the hold which the Republican party
still has upon the Government, says:
"The judges of the Supreme and
other United States courts are, most OF
them, in sympathy with the ideas which
uphinchingly sustained four-years
war to preserve the Constitution and
the Union"
That is a modest way OF claiming
that those judges arc Republican par
ti.ans. II ought to be set down as a
confession but the Tribune makes it as
. boast rather than as something to be
ashamed Of Only yesterday we spoke Of
those csnkers OF long war, and to day
the Tribune styles them war judges.
They have not yet left the war between
the States behind them, but still, to use
the 7ribune's boastful words. keep up
their sympathy with the ideas which
unfinchingly sustained four-years'
war"
Yes, these Republican judges still
keep up their anti-Democratic and
anti-southern sympathies. 1t is shame
that the highest court in the land should
be undeniably partisan and sectional
tribunal. 1t is blot upon what we are
in the habit OF calling our free insttu-
tons. The Democratic party, number
ing among its adherents half the
voters in the country, has not
one single representative upon the SUI
preme bench. But, worse and more
discreditable to those guilty Of the
crime, the southern States, in
number sixteen ont of thirty
eight, have not one man upon
that bench who knows or can ever under
stand q southern mans feelings, or
who regards the Federal Constitution
as IN instrument which can be construed
Alright only when it is construed in the
interest of the people and against the
despotic, centralizing tendencies OF the
lstter-day politicians who have brought
the country to the brink Of destruction.
And yet nobody would dare to get up
before the Supreme Court in Washing
ton and ask the justices to postpone
the hearing of the Virginia contempt
cases until one Democrat shall have
been allowed a voice in rendering one
of the most important decisions which
that tribunal has ever been or ever will
be called upon to make.
In word, the condition of Virgins
is \ most unfortunate one. What shal
be done to secure justice at the hand
of our masters? Why "Our masters ="
Because we have no representative
among them.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15
Baltimore.

The Baltimore SIN, in commenting
on Governor LEE's letter to the chair
man of the Democratic Committee Of
that city, says:
"Governor FitzhuGh Lee, on &C
count of prior and pressing engage
ments. will not be able TO address the
Democracy of Baltimore this evening.
But in letter expressing regret at his
inability TO be present he admirably
sums up the situation when he declares
that Democratic reform, when neces-
ssrv. should he insist d upon inside
the party, and not by cooperation
With those outside OF it. The very
few Vireiniaus among the large nun
Der resident in Baltimore who have
allied themselves with the Republican
party in this campaign might with pro
prieiy retrace their steps and act on the
Sensible suggestions OF Governor Lee,
whose devotion 10 his party and hi'
State has been demonstrated both IN
his civic and military career. "
The greatest work Of reform before
the Democratic party is to reform the
Republican party out of existence. M
one will claim that the Democratic par
ty is perfect, but an effort to reform
what abuses may exist in it by support
ing the Republican party is Indeed
straining at gnat and swallowing a
camel. The southern man especially,
no matter what his occupation and sur.
roundings, who votes tue Republican
ticket-be that ticket called Indepen
dent, Reform, or what not lis simply
engaged in the dangerous task OF at
tempting TO draw the sword Of BALM
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15
Contemnt Gases.

We have heretofore expressed some
doubt as TO whether the Supreme
Court of the United States would con-
slider a case coming up on writ OF ha
6oas corpus entirely upon its merits
That court says it will. In Ef parte
Mske, ll3 United States Reports 7iS'
il says: sou
"When q court Of the United state:
undertakes by it's process OF contempt
to punish man for refusing to comply
With en- order which that court had no su'
thoriiy to make, the order itself, i being =!
without jurisdiction, is void, and the or
Sernunishing for the conteuptis equally
void. 1t Is well settled now IN thc
jurisprudence OF this court that whea
The proceeding for contempt 10 snca !: :
case yeIr..s u i@prisoIaiel's LIS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15
Another Northern Paper.
he Philadelphia Record SAYS

1 lie L IllIhu6IpLlh HtCOTU bhCo
"The Virginia newspapers are vehe-
ment in their denunciation of the ac-
ton of Judge Bond in imprisOning the
officers Of the State for obeying the
laws of the State. We do not wonder
at their wrath"
And southern one, the Charleston
NclcS and courier, says:
There has not been since the war a
more fragrant violation of the rights of
III States than in the imprisonment of
the law officers of Virginia. 1t is time
to call a halt in Federal interference
with the Internal affairs of the States.
1t is time that the country should
know whether the decree of United
States Circuit Court is higher than the
clear and unmistakable declarations OF
the Federal Constitution. II they shall
be guided 10y the Constitution in their
determination OF the grave matter be-
fore them, there is only one way in
which the Supreme Court can go.
Their decision must touch the very core
ofthe Constitution sovereign rights
of the States composing the American
Union.
If Judge Bond be sustained, then
it were almost vain for the States to en-
act laws, for State government will
have become a farce. Political districts
they may be, but Independent States
no longer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15
Richmond.

The tide came in like a deluge and
thought to sweep away the barriers, but
glorious Richmo d, the joy OF the
whole State, remains steadfast and
strong. John S. Wise had Republicans
at the polls of the Democratic primary
to note down the voters with the hope
of intimidation, but it reacted upon
him. Nearly 1000 moro votes were
cast than last year, and in the numbers
and enthusiasm it seems the earnest OF
the November triumph. How inspiring
is this success when we consider the
decentralization which would have re-
suited all over the State had this star OF
our hope gone down. But the work
goes bravsly on, and this triumph Is
made the stepping stones to more glorl-
GUS achievements Gallant Richmond
One blast from out her bugle horn
we're worth thousand men.
-FdrnlyiHe ,JOUHIl.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15
SATURDAY OCTOBER Is. 1887
The Ohio Case-ARain.


Mr.. ROYAL, the untiring counsel OF
the bondholders and the man who JUS
tifies BoND, writes us as follows;
TO the Editor Of The Dispatch:
You have frequently claimed that
Judge Bond was guilty of usurpation
in deciding the "coupon-crushsr case
as he did. / send you q printed copy
Of tie record Of osborn Us. The Bank
Of the Tnited States, q report OF which
YOU will find in IXth Wheatne's Re
ports. This was a decision OF the SUI
premo Court of the United States in
1924, and Chief-Justice Marshall de-
livered the opinion. On looking at
page 20 OF the record send you will
find that the Circuit Court of the
United States put the Treasurer OF the
State of Ohio in Jail for refusing to
obey It's decree. Will you kindly point
out wherein there is any distinction be-
tween the decision of the Supreme
Court in Osborn as. the Bank and the
decision OF Judge Bond And if you
cannot point out any distinction how
will you maintain your claim that Judge
Bond usurped jurisdiction
WILLIAM l.. ROYALL.
This is not the first time that this
Ohio case has been called to our atten-
ton. We gave q full and fair report OF
it some time ago. We do not propose
to discuss it now. SO far as the ques-
ton Of suing a State is concerned, Mr..
ROYAL may consider the authority Of
Chief-Justice MARSHALL, a Federalist
of Federalists, who almost always de-
cided against State, better than that
of Chief-Justice WAITE, but We are not
compelled to agree with him in that
opinion.
Let US say, however, that the sum OF
fifty thousand dollars was involved IN
the Ohio case. There We're not a dozen
cases punched together, as BOND allow
ed cases to be punched in his court, IN
order to gain jurisdiction which
the law did not give Nor were
the proceedings in Ohio in vio-
lation OF the Federal statute
which forbids injunctions to be grant
ed by any Federal Judge to stay pro
ceedings in any State court. Judge
BoND "ursurped" jurisdiction, there
fore, both in granting injunctions for
hidden by express law, and in bunch
ing cases. In the Ohio case suit was
brought in a Federal court not to en-
Join State CONT from proceeding in a
case already begun, but enloining an
auditor not to proceed under the State
law.
If BOND wronefully punched cases
and wrongfully got jurisdiction by vlo-
Iatirc a United States statute, then he
is a "usurper, as we have styled him,
and not we only, but many of the best
lawyers in Virginia.
The reader will see at once that
whilst in the Ohio case the decision
turned upon the question of the right,
under the eleventh amendment, to sue
O State officer who was endeayoring &c
execute law of the State, that question
did not arise in the BoND cases until
after BOND had "usurped jurisdiction
IrgO, be is "usurper. For 1t L
cleor that if he had refused to bunch
the cases and to enjoin proceeding
already begun i'll the State courts, h'
would have had no case before him IL
involving merely the right to sue
States officers III his court.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15
The Grand COmmandery OF Ohio.
cleveland Plain Deaer.l


cleveland Plain Dealer.l
The conclave was engaged in q
wrestle with the troublesome question
of the so-called Cerneau rite. 1t was
known that important business in the
shape Of charges against Cyprus Com
mandery, No. 10, would be preferred
and that final action would be taken on
the matter as soon as the subject WAS
discussed pro and can. This matter was
preached by Sir w. b. Melish, grand
sword-bearer, who, in his annual adj
dress, read the report OF his lnspec-
ton Of the accused commandery. he
charged them with being guilty of con
duct rebelious and defiant to the Grand
Commandery, in that they had admit
ted as visitors Sir knights OF the Ger
neau rite. and have at times transacted
business when such could not be legally
entered into according to the laws OF
the order. The report further said that
"orders had been conferred upon can
didates who were members of the clan
destine Cerneau rite" At several other
times the report alleged that Cyprus
Commandery had violated the laws Of
the order.
This report caused o great sensation
and a heated debate. All through the
evening until midnight the matter was
under consideration and was finally set
tied by the charter OF Cypress Com
mandery being revoked and Eminent
Commander Sir c. G. Wiles being eX-
PEELED from the order. This decision
will be regarded as a very severe one
and will not go far towards reconcllla-
ton. Indeed, it is thought 1t will
widen the breach that the introduction
of the Cerneau rite has made Ill the
order.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15
Saws a gentleman of New Orleans

Says a gentleman of New Orleans
There Is a race of negroes in the
United States that must be descend
ants of the dirt. eating tribe of Afrl-
cans known to exist in the interior OF
the Dark Continent, for had cook
who came from the back-hill country
of Louisiana which, by the way, is
very little known to outsiders-who
was a dirt-eater. She said one day that
she was going back to the hills, as the
black dirt at New Orleans was not
good, and she pined for some of the
kind she had always been used to eat
ing, and she went back. was teld that IN
certain soil where these people live
there ives strong alkah taste which
they fancied very much. Eating dirt
becomes a habit with them, and when
they wander away they still keep up
the desire until they get tired of the
mud that is unlike the home article. !
have heard OF white men who eat dirt,
but this negress is the only genuine
d1t eater ever saw. '-Ne10 York Tri-
bllVC.
We knew one of these negro dirt
eaters years ago, who had to be switched
in order to prevent him from eating
dirt. We do not recollect that the
habit affected his health.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15

1t appears that the church in New
York which contracted with foreigner
to become its rector or pastor is a cor
poIation. We had doubted that such
could I've the case, but the District At
toIney says that ii is, and if he finds
that that corporation has violated the
law on the subject of importing "la-
bortrs" to this country he will prose
cute it and have it fined. Amy judge
who could render decision to that eff
feet ought 70 be impeached, for he
could do so only to bring the law into
contempt.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15

Look out, members of the Legisl'-
ture. The next thing in order is your
incarceration and punishment for
making laws which Judge Bond cannot
tolerate.
At this time there is gathered to-
gethor at this place the intelligent,
thoughtful, and sa8acious citizens OF
Washing ton county aud OF neighborlng
towns and cities, and not one voice has,
50 far as we have learned, been raised
in justification of this Unprecedented
stretch of Judicial power. -Abngto"
Lirnini0n.
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MILITARY NOTICES.

NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF Ia
~ PoWHATAN TROOP ASS0CIA- .8n
TION RESIDING IN RICHMOND: Tf&
Meet at the ONCE Of Frank ID. Hin. No.
north Eleventh street, SATURDAY EVE
MING, October 18th, at O'Clock. Business OF
importance will be brought before the meeting
In regard 20 turning out on October 9Th TO as
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court will, by its writ Of habeas corpus,
discharge the prisoner.
If the Supreme Court adheres to that
opinion, AYERS and Soorr ought soon
to be at liberty. BoND's shacklcs will
soon be broken il justice and right tri-
umplfin their cases.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-15

The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle says !:
"MAHoHE has not the success of any
party at heart when it is not a MALONE
party" The Chronicle has taken the
little Generals measure with consum.
mate accuracy.